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Black Jack holds city-wide Garage Sale at various locations

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The Critics’ Choice Awards Point to Must See Movies

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     by Sandra Olmsted The Oscar race heats up with the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announcing the Critics’ Choice Awards. The 2015 awards…

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Kurtis Barks Named GNCC Business Person of the Year

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Greater North County Chamber of Commerce named their 2017 Business Person of the year and it is Kurtis Barks. He is the owner operator of Complete Auto Body and Repair…

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HSD Board of Education Filing Deadline for 3 Seats

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Persons wishing to run for the HSD Board of Education must file by Jan. 17, 2017 at 5 p.m. Candidates’ filings can be made at the HSD Learning Center located…

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Hazelwood Holding Sobriety Checkpoints

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Tis the Season: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Beginning Dec. 16 and continuing into the New Year, Hazelwood police officers will set up DWI sobriety checkpoints and conduct saturation…

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Fisher’s Failure Goes Way Beyond the Field … It All Starts at the Top for Rams

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by Randy Gardner I want you to try something at the start of next year. At work, I want you to only achieve your potential about 33% percent of the…

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HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATE FILING INFORMATION

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Notice is hereby given that candidate filing will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the HSD Learning Center located at 15955 New Halls…

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F-F School Board Votes To Appeal Judge’s Order For Cumulative Voting

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The Ferguson-Florissant School Board believes the current Missouri-mandated electoral structure that has resulted in a board with four white and three African American members is lawful and superior to the…

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Thanksgiving Recap of Films

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by Sandra Olmsted, Ph.D. The Holiday selection for movies offers lots of choices and something to please everyone! All these films are in theaters now. BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK…

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It’s A Wonderful Life: Live from WVL Radio Theatre at Civic Center

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The Florissant Fine Arts Council will present It’s a Wonderful Life: Live from WVL Radio Theatre on Saturday Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. This adaptation of the screenplay will be…

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Two McNair Fifth Graders Receive Ride to To School On the Hazelwood Fire Truck

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Usually the presence of a fire truck on a school campus is not a good thing. However, with lights flashing, the big red fire truck pulled into the parking lot…

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